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The Stasi Poetry Circle The Creative Writing Class that Tried to Win the Cold War

Hardcover • 2022 • English

The Stasi Poetry Circle The Creative Writing Class that Tried to Win the Cold War

By Philip Oltermann

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About the book

"'Liebe Mitstreiter', he says. Dear comrades in arms. Today we are going to learn about the sonnet. Berlin, 1962. Morale is at rock bottom in East Germany, thrown into chaos by the new Berlin Wall. The Ministry for State Security is hunting for a new weapon in the war against capitalism - and their solution is stranger than fiction. Rather than guns, tanks, or bombs, the Stasi resolve to fight the enemy through rhyme and verse, winning the Culture Wars through poetry - and the result is the most...Show more

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ISBN

9780571331192

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Published year

2022

Language

English

Original title

The Stasi Poetry Circle The Creative Writing Class that Tried to Win the Cold War

Format

Hardcover

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